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Project Management Using Microsoft Project

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Default view in Network Diagram. Without LINK LABELS - you won't see lag time - etc. The term finish to start refers specifically to the logical relationship that exits between the activities that make up he entirety of the project in which it is det






2. Matches the outline number initially in Project 2010. It is common for work breakdown structure elements to be numbered sequentially to reveal the hierarchical structure. For example 1.3.2 Rear Wheel identifies this item as a Level 3 WBS element - si






3. Appears: eday means: Elapsed day






4. File -> info -> Project information -> advanced properties.

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5. 1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Execution 4. Monitoring & Control 5. Closing






6. Start date - Current date - finish date - status date - schedule from - calendar - & priority (with project pro). Enterprise custom fields here too - if you're hooked into enterprise.






7. Two critical tasks - both same duration - vying for one resource - who wins?






8. Fixed Duration - Fixed Units - or Fixed Work. Described on page 72 of Project 2010 book.






9. Ensuring that the successor activity does not begin until after the predecessor activity is completed is implementing a start-to-finish (SF) model. This is the most logical path to follow when planning a project. Those in project management should be






10. .mpp file extension. The actual project file.






11. File -> Info -> Organizer. Access global mpt - delete views - etc. (ADD MORE)






12. U = W / D Work divided by duration.






13. Hiding does not delete data. If you hide a column - data maintains - but to get it back - you'll need to right click - insert column.

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14. Gantt Chart -> Format -> Bar Styles segment -> format drop down. Adjust all aspects of the bars in the gantt.






15. If '______________' isn't checked - for example - then you won't be able to set a style for critical tasks.






16. Two tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






17. No single activity or group of activities to produce a single deliverable should be more than 80 hours of effort.

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18. Task ribbon -> schedule section -> broken task icon. Reschedule incomplete work - etc.






19. The WBS contains 100% of the work defined by the project scope and captures all deliverables - internal - external - interim - in terms of the work to be completed - including project management.

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20. Responsibility Assignment Matrix.






21. 'Start no earlier than' constraint.






22. Add your resources names to critical tasks _______ via bar styles/text.






23. Finish to start - finish to finish - start to start - start to finish. All are 'at least'.






24. Contains information relative to tasks.






25. It is NOT an exhaustive list of work. It is instead a comprehensive classification of project scope. Contains Sub-components - work packages (child of sub-component). Further work packages can be children of other work packages. Summary tasks are the






26. Shows closest thing to a 'resource gantt chart'. Shows tasks by resource. Also shows unassigned tasks - and unscheduled tasks. Allows for user-controlled scheduling.






27. Two CRITICAL tasks vying for one resource - who wins?






28. Work divided by available resource units. Formula: D=W/U






29. Project template (.mpt) - or Global MPT file. Drives what you see in the project. Corporations may have their own.






30. A terminal element is the lowest element (activity or deliverable) in a WBS; it is not further subdivided. Sometimes called a 'work package' - but NOT synonymous.






31. Appears: mon means: month






32. efines units.






33. Work - resource - cost.






34. View -> Timeline check box. Shows timeline - but by default - nothing's on it. To add items - right click and 'add to timeline'.






35. Appears: min means: minute






36. Amendment to task type.






37. Task calendar - resource calendar - base calendar.






38. Single Start - Single Finish. No 'danglers'. Everything must be connected. No loops.






39. Gantt Chart with 'Entry' table on left.






40. The Precedence Diagram Method is a tool for scheduling activities in a project plan. It is a method of constructing a project schedule network diagram that uses boxes - referred to as nodes - to represent activities and connects them with arrows that






41. Tasks - resources - assignments - all have dialogs. Example: resource leveling. Project information dialog very important.






42. Focus on Gantt -> Format ribbon ->






43. Appears: day means: day






44. Appears: ehr means: Elapsed hour






45. An approach for monitoring project progress that relies on the budgeted cost of activities completed to ascribe value






46. Appears: emin means: Elapsed minute






47. Their purpose is to ORGANIZE. Summary tasks have work packages or other summary tasks which comprise the parent summary task. Summary tasks are NOT scheduled. The children tasks are what need to be scheduled.






48. Create file. Set up file properties. Set a start date. Set up calendars and working time.






49. An 'activity' - or 'task'. The bottom 'child' task - there's nothing underneath it. If there are sub-components - or 'children' tasks below a parent task - that parent task is a SUMMARY task.






50. Appears: ewk means: Elapsed week